Sam Raimi’s latest is a recession-era comedy, everything the recent Jim Carrey-vehicle Yes Man aspired to be, but wasn’t. Oh sure, it’s also a horror movie, but what it basically offers is a wry take on the greedy, competitive and dishonest world of banking.

It was Lumley wot won it. Years of government intransigence over the rights of Gurkhas was finally overturned this week by an actress most famous for playing the reeling, chain-smoking, toyboy-shagging drunk Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous.

January 25th is the 250th anniversary of the birth of treasured poet Robert Burns, and despite his death at the age of 37 in 1796, his legacy still remains strong. Burns night is all about spending time with friends and family and enjoying the simple pleasures of hearty food, usually featuring haggis, and good company in memory of the earthy Scot.

Morrissey and Johnny Marr are "talking", according to reports this week. It raises very faint hopes of what would be the equivalent of the Led Zeppelin reunion for those who were teenagers in the Eighties: a comeback for The Smiths.